Wow they reduced ICU beds. I understand why they have restriction on campus activities. I mean even though during the 1st wave the young were not at high risk, but in India many young people stay with their parents and even grandparents, in joint family. So we didn't want them to be infected in anyway. Then, even parents didn't want their kids to be infected. Thirdly, a total lockdown of university, if the case burdened increased was mandated by the government, which would bring in massive losses. We maintain an animal house where animal needs daily care. There is a cryopreservation facility with LiqN2 and -80 freezers which needs constant monitoring. There are ongoing cell cultures which if stopped will be a big loss. So, it becomes really important to keep the wheel running by keeping the infection rate on campus in check. For this we had many rules imposing certain restriction, some of which made sense, while other sounded stupid and unnecessary.

Likewise, I think in many uni campuses across the globe controlling losses would have been a priority. If the university is kept running knowledge can be given out 3 years later when everything is under control, but if it faced losses the loss of knowledge we can gain will be delayed by a decade. So that has to be considered. While it may not have worked well for everyone but classes can run online.